This paper gives an account of the actus reus for a criminal attempt. Conduct that is more than merely preparatory, we argue, intrudes on the same protected domain as the complete
offence. This takes a normative approach to actus reus, focusing on the reasons that the defendant acted against. [...]
Criminal Justice Review, Ahead of Print. In a wider discussion of "the CSI effect", it has become standard to say that deficiencies in forensic science have come about because
the procedures and technologies developed as policing techniques outside of university-based scientific research. [...]
Corporate corruption and fraud continue to pose a serious challenge to ESG performance and reporting. This literature review systematically examines and discusses what is known
about the relationship between ESG and corruption risks. Following the PRISMA guidelines, we reviewed 87 articles published in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. [...]
AbstractThe Investment Firm Regulation (IFR) and Investment Firm Directive (IFD), adopted in 2019, introduced a new prudential framework for investment firms in the European
Union, separating them from the banking prudential rules previously deemed overly complex and disproportionate. [...]
The nature of product market competition and its influence on firms’ decisions have a long history in economics. Competition was discussed by Adam Smith in The Wealth of
Nations. George Stigler received the Nobel Prize in 1982 for his seminal studies of industrial structure, the functioning of markets, and the causes and effects of [...]
AbstractI analyze the effect of non-compete agreements (NCAs) on the allocation of inventors across product markets. NCAs constrain the within-industry employment choice set
of inventors. In a staggered difference-in-differences, I show causal effects that two in hundred inventors per year (increase of 42 percent) respond to more enforceable [...]